Central clearing rates for CDSs hit record high

- By Lorenzo Migliorato
- 19 May 2021

The share of credit default swap (CDS) contracts cleared by central counterparties (CCPs) rose to a record 62% at end-2020, data from the Bank for International Settlements shows.

Notional amounts of cleared CDSs surged 23%, or $983 billion, to $5.2 trillion year on year.

The surge was driven largely by multi-name CDSs, with outstanding cleared amounts hitting $3.4 trillion – up 37% on end-2019

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